Robustness of estimation of differential renal function in infants and children with unilateral prenatal diagnosis of a hydronephrotic kidney on dynamic renography: How real is the supranormal kidney?

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 738-744

  Ozcan, Zehra ^a   Anderson, Peter J ^b   Gordon, Isky ^b  

^a Faculty of Medicine   (Turkey)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antenatal hydronephrosis; Diagnostic imaging; Kidney function; Radioisotope diuretic renography

Indexed keywords

FUROSEMIDE; MERTIATIDE TC 99M;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPTICAL DISK; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITY CONTROL; RENOGRAPHY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RADIOISOTOPE RENOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33744929394     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-006-0094-6     Document Type: Article

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